Adverbs

Advérbios

Adverbs modify or qualify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Typically they answer questions like based on when, where, how, in what way, and to what extent. In English, words like "slowly" and "quickly" are two examples.

Examples

Exemplos

bem

well fine

talvez

maybe perhaps

quando

when interrogative

onde

where interrogative

por que

why interrogative

ali

over there there

meio

half

menos

minus less

talvez

maybe

longe

far away far

perto

nearby near close

aqui

here

logo

pardon, forgiveness

muito

very

cá

here

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